Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.

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An active company already has this name

The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

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What this check does and does not say

We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

C.D.E. same name

Abbreviation of Chauffage Defacqz · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Perwez · since 1971
C.D.E. same name

General electrical installation work · Sprimont · since 1993
C.D.E. same name

Abbreviation of ComitE de DEfense de l'Environnement de la Sille · Silly · since 1993
CDE same name

Abbreviation of CREATION - DECORATION - ENTRETIEN · Market research and public opinion polling · Paris · since 1993
CDE same name

Abbreviation of Construction Design & Engineering · Development of residential building projects · Brecht · since 2000
CDE same name

Lint · since 2002
CDE same name

Abbreviation of CENTRE DE DIFFUSION DE L'EDITION · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · PARIS · since 2016
CDE same name

Abbreviation of Conseil pour la diplomatie de l’Union Européenne · Brussel · since 2022
CDE same name

Abbreviation of CITE DES ENFANTS · Charleroi · since 2025
cdE same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Le Cabinet d'EcritureS · Virton · since 2004

Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

C.D.E.O. similar

Abbreviation of Commission pour la Défense de l'Enseignement officiel · Colfontaine · since 1984
C.D.E.A. similar

Abbreviation of CABINET DENTAIRE DE L'ETOILE - PHILIPPE AUBRY · Dental practice · Elsene · since 2000
CDev similar

Abbreviation of CUSHFIELD DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2013
CDEV similar

Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 2014
C.D.E.S. similar

Abbreviation of La Cité des Ecrits · Literary creation · Schaarbeek · since 2015
C-DEV similar

Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ichtegem · since 2016
CDEG similar

Abbreviation of Cabinet Dentaire Elise Gaudin · Dental practice · Aywaille · since 2019
CdeB (sole trader) similar

Literary creation · since 2020
CDEA similar

Abbreviation of Centre de Documentation et d'Etudes pour ASBL · Mouscron · since 2021
C.D'Ex similar

Office administrative and support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
CdeC similar

Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE DE CNOCKE · Activities of holding companies · Beersel · since 2009
CDEB similar

Abbreviation of CABINET DENTAIRE ELISE BATAILLE · Dental practice · Neupré · since 2012
CDE2 similar

Event catering · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
C-DEBODE similar

Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kortrijk · since 2024
CDEC similar

Wholesale of wines and spirits · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
C.D.E.S.E. similar

Abbreviation of Communauté européenne des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques · Brussel · since 1967
CDEBW similar

Travel agency activities · Wavre · since 2020
C-DENT similar

Dental practice · Brecht · since 2005
CD similar

Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oud-Turnhout · since 1968
C.D. similar

Abbreviation of Cercle de Droit de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles · Brussel · since 1965
CD similar

Abbreviation of Centrum Documenta · Schaarbeek · since 1982
CD similar

Abbreviation of COOPERATIONS CULTURES ET DEVELOPPEMENT · since 1984
CD similar

Abbreviation of SUITE 317 · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1995
CD similar

Abbreviation of Carper Dream · Geel · since 2013
CD similar

Abbreviation of Club Diving World · Mouscron · since 2013
CD similar

Abbreviation of CHOUP'DANCE · Brussel · since 2015
CD similar

Abbreviation of Couleurs Devie · Maldegem · since 2015
CD similar

Abbreviation of CONDOR DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Grimbergen · since 2015
CD (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of antiques · since 1989
C-D similar

Abbreviation of CONSULTANCY DECAT · Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2018
C - D similar

Other business support services · Dilbeek · since 2018
CD² similar

Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Rumes · since 2020
CD² similar

Welkenraedt · since 2021
CD similar

Abbreviation of Chicken Dinner · Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 2022
C.D. similar

Abbreviation of Caroline Dujardin · Specialist medical practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
CD similar

Employment placement agencies · Herentals · since 2023
CD similar

Abbreviation of CHARLOTTE DESIMPELAERE · Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2023
C-D similar

Abbreviation of CLEMENCE & DIGNITE · Anderlecht · since 2023
C.D. similar

Abbreviation of Canal Pour le Developpement · Elsene · since 2009
CD similar

Abbreviation of Charisma Dei · Other personal services · Elsene · since 2024
CD similar

Lanaken · since 2025
CD similar

Abbreviation of CESAR DEKEERSMAEKER · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2026
C DE B similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Other business support services · Torhout · since 2006
C.D.E.C.S. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of CHARLEROI DECOUVERTE ENVIRONNEMENT CULTURE SPORT · Charleroi · since 2004
CD similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2011

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